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Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg called on President-elect Donald Trump and Congress to ensure that U.S. companies have the tools necessary to compete in a global economy, from a reformed tax code to financial support from the moribund U.S. Export-Import Bank.

WASHINGTON | President-elect Donald Trump supports completion of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline in the Midwest, based on policy and not the billionaire businessman’s investments in a partnership building the $3.8 billion pipeline, according to an aide’s memo.

HOUSTON | BP plans to make a $9 billion investment to drill in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the energy industry’s biggest moves yet back into the frontiers of exploration and another sign that the tentative oil market recovery is gaining traction after a long downturn.

Sirius XM Holdings Chairman Greg Maffei recently approached Pandora Media’s board to express renewed interest in a takeover of the internet radio provider, according to people familiar with the matter, following up on its offer from earlier this year.

WASHINGTON | Many black Americans and people with only a high school education found jobs in November, helping reduce their unemployment rates to levels seen before the Great Recession ravaged the U.S. job market.